CVE-2026-96896CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-96896

High · published September 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor WordPress plugin before 19.9.7 does not perform an authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing users with a subsite administrator role on a multisite network to write and delete arbitrary files in the network's shared filesystem, which can lead to remote code execution.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00391 · 32.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-09-27T10:17Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 SEP 03:30Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 27 SEP 06:00Z
    Malcure Malware Shield < 19.9.7 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Arbitrary File Write and Deletion via wpmr_ajax_request
    cvelistv5